Inca Empire

The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Conquistadors

Whats the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes?

• Andes

• Cusco

• Machu Picchu

• Nahuatl

Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were

• lazy

• gifted engineers and builders

• using a lot of help from the Maya

• skilled readers and writers

The capital city of the Incan Empire was ____

• Machu Picchu
• Divining
• Cuzco
• Huacas

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

• Chinampas

• Irrigation

• Aqueducts

• Terrace Farming

Instead of a written language, the Inca used ___ to communicate numbers based on knots

• abacus

• quipus

• pampas

• chinampas

Who was the leader of the Spanish when they conquered the Incas?

• Hernando Cortez

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain Marvel

Where did the Inca live?

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

• Central Mexico

How did the Spanish defeat the Inca?

• Disease and advanced weaponry

• With help from the Aztecs

• The Spanish had a larger army

• The Spanish had more food and supplies

The Inca were able to fit their stones together by using...

• exact cuts of stone

• mortar

• cement

• using only flat stones